Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-10-04

,r's ehs.,nu, mare. Rennie r.. 10 three
straight heats. The last hea, f,he 2:J I
race WAS one Of the hand.ome., ever Wit.
missed on the grounds. ], was = horse.
race from ,isf, TO fai,h. Rsnbie u. had
the poll. nth Th.,sr Brothers. Pa,inii-
"A second. The tro,ting between these
two hor.s, wN - close that had their
positions been reversed there Is no doubt
ba, f.,ini'x, would have Won the heat.
Fa,iaiiE. pressed the ehes,nu, mare hot
ly AID came near t.kins the pole from
her several times. gaining slightly on the
stretches and losing on the corners. be.
ins on the outside. When they came
ia,o the home stretch fs,iniira was bu,
little behind and gaining slightly. Both
horse. were sen, under the wire with ae-
tive Whips. Rsnnie +. winning by just a
,rihe.
The score:
s5l cLAsA
Chas. E Thaysr.b m, ,ratiniirA.so. Paris. 2
a. a. ssassy. IN m. Nellie n. Canton. ! ! J
". IL u
rme-iJ1It, -. 1lt
Afer the race. III Thlyer gave C. w.
Kimb.lIs Knox stallion. Ielair. al ei-
hibi,ion down the stretch by the grand
rand. Eclair !, a beautiful black stall
lion and showed very rapid gait.
Congressman Dinglsy. Of Lewiston.
Hon. J. 7. S.s.ey. of Canton. Hon.
Henry NJ. B.arce. Of Norway. and VIII
liam 4 Pidsin. Esq.. of the Lewiston
Journal. formerly Of the DEsccRAr. were
.moag the visitors TO the Fair on Tues
day
wsdns,d.y morning looked little
dull bu, the people had made up their
minds 10 zee the show rain 90 shine y
Big team, aud little teams came In crowds
and procession, from every direction.
The scene on the roads from South PAri.
and Norway leading TO the Pair Grounds
looked like Bfosd~ay. The DNocRAr :
prediction that everybody would 20 20
The County Fair proved nearly correct on
,hi. day. lfAnybOdy va. lsf, =, home
they mus, have been lOnsly. Such a
mas. Of people ~as hardly ever seen on
The Fair Ground. before They surged
through the entrance. they captured The
large halls. making passage q difficult,
matter and wearing 10 the elbows. they
crowded the grand ',and TO is uimos,
capacity and even then the spacious
ground. we're crowded almo-, beyond
measure. Not lee. than ten thousand
people passed through the gates on this
day. There were 20 miny that !, Was
uncomfortable and ,iresoms trying TO get
around. and people "a, down to res, their
weary bodies. wherever they could be 80
fortunate As 20 hnd place large enough.
Wednesday Wa. stock day. aud tie
display in this department. . we'll +.
The department, OF horses. showed ,ha,
the breeder. Of Oxford County spprseiA,s
the advantages Of the county fair. The
committees who bad to examine this
stock bad no small job on their hands.
between the hours Of eleven and five.
We overheard the remark Of one man.
Who ~as hard q, work on committee
report at abou, five o'clock. mo, slr. !
haven't bad a mOu,hfal since ate my
breakfas, ,hi. morning" The commit
tees were mO., Of them promp, Ia attend
ing to their duties. and handed their re-
ports In early. "The people who serve
on many Of these committees pay . high
price for the ticket Of admission they re-
eeised in return" remarked DEMocRAr
reporter IN one of the officials. "ies,
Dir. they DO !" said be. "now !, !. worth
= clean five dollar bill to any competent,
man 10 do the wcrk represented in the
report you are copying" I. Is "labor
Of love" on the part Of those who accept
these positions aud they deserve COM
mends,ion for the manner In which iha,
labor is performed. |, Is the willingness,
Of such people to do this work 'hs, Is one
Of the elements Of success. Of The Oxford
County Agricultural Society.
Ia the department, Of horses there we're
10 sn,ris. as again,, 30 in each Of the
,so preceding years. The en,rie, this
year ~,r /. follows:
No. i.--srAILioSs AND MOOD NARrs
w " Thomas. Oxford. brood mare !;
T. NJ Everett. Norway. stallion; John
II Robinson. Oxford, brood mare I;
Wheeler * True. South Paris, stallion F;
George A Col-. Norsay. brood mare (;
Barrett Bfo-.. wss, Sumner. stallion aud
brood mare; A q Dudley. South Paris.
matched hor.e.; Marble * Pierce. Paris.
brooi mare; Address. Thsyer & Crosby.
South Paris. brood mare; wm. G Cole.
N1rssy. trOod mare; l. W Flint. Water
ford. brood maze; George Z S,earn',
Paris. brood mare G B& l. B Heald,
Eisi Sumner. brood mare G. u Head.
stallion Il w B'ias., Eat Sumner,
brood mare: & w Kimbsll. Ramford
Point. stallion (; R,binson Dsan. Back
field. stallion.
No 2.-coLTs
George T. D1~ning. Norwsy. 2.yesr.
old colt; W y Thomas. 0x!ord. sucking
col, and 2.yssr old colt; L N Everett.
Nor~sy. l.yssr-old colt; John B Robin.
soa. 0sford, sucking col, and i.year.old
colt; Wheeler & Bimpas. South Psris.
2 year-old colt and l-year-old colt;
Wheeler * True, South Paris. 2.yesr-
old colt; r o Walker. west Peru. ..
yeAr-old stallion; Barnett Bros. west
sumner. 2.yesr-old stallion, l.yesr-old
stallion. 2.yeAr-old filly. i-year.old flly,
sucking colt; Leander S Swan. South
Paris. sucking colt 1; Charlss Walker.
Norway, standard bred sucking col,
Marble * Pierce. Paris, 3.year-oId stsl.
lion. standard bred sucking colt; Thsyer
& Crosby, Norway. 3.yssr.old colt
George A Cole. Norway. standard bred